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Trump’s mainstream picks for top foreign policy posts could reassure allies and worry China [Video]

President-elect Donald Trump is famously unconventional, but he made conventional picks for his two top foreign policy positions. That could be reassuring to American allies, while China and Iran have reasons to be wary.Related video above: Trump’s cabinet picks face pushback from lawmakersTrump on Wednesday announced his choice of Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state. Two days earlier, he picked Rep. Mike Waltz for national security adviser.Both men share Trump’s hard-line stance on China and Iran. They have shown themselves willing to adapt their foreign-policy positions to echo aspects of Trump’s more isolationist “America First” approach — a requirement for anyone serving under a president who demands absolute loyalty.But both are fairly mainstream conservatives with foreign policy experience who have previously differed with Trump on Russia, NATO and other issues. They’ve also been open to working with Democrats — a point underscored when Sen. Mark Warner, the Democratic chairman …

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